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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,531, dated October22, 1895. Application tiled April 5, 1895. Serial No. 544,63 9. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom. t may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN FISHERO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springdale, in the county of Vashington and State ofArkansas, haveinvented a new and useful Kitchen-Cabinet, of which thefollowing is a specification. y

My invention' relates to a kitchen-cabinet, and has for its object toprovide a simple and efdcient cabinet constructed substantially in theshape of a sideboard and provided with receptacles for fiour, meal, andthe various other materials employed in the culinary art, the partsbeing so arranged as to be readily accessible by an operator standing infront of the cabinet.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective.

view. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the slide fory the flour-bin.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates the main or body portion of a cabinet, of which the top 2is provided with a sliding section 3, the outer edges of said slidingsection being extended to form webs et, which are fitted in guides 6.(Shown in Fig. 2.) A horizontal partition 6 is arranged in the bodyportion of the cabinet, below the plane 0E the top thereof, and thespace above this partition forms a sink 7, in which may be ar ranged atray 8 to receive sifted liour or meal from one of the superjacent bins9 and 10. Other utensils may also be arranged in this sink to protectthem from dust, and arranged in the front thereof is a series ofreceptacles 1l for containing spices and. other condiments.

The bins are supported by means of a rear bracket 12, rising from thetcp of the cabinet, said bracket being provided with verticallyelongatedopenings 13, through which extend clips 14, attached to the rear side ofthe bins. These clips, after projecting through the openings, are turnedlaterally to engage the rear side of the back, and by straightening saidclips the bins may be removed with facility to provide for cleansing.The lower ends of the bins are tapered or conical in construction andcommunicate by means of outletopenings 15 with depending collars 16,slides or cut-cite 17 being arranged to close said outlet-openings. Anagitator 1S is carried by each slide or cut-off, the same consisting ofan upwardly-*extending ring-shaped loop, which moves with the slide orcut-off, and by passing through the douror meal as the slide or cut-offis drawn forward to open the outlet it loosens the same and causes it topass through the outlet. Each collar is provided withdiametrically-opposite laterally-extending studs 19 for engagement bybayonet-slots 2O at the upper edge of the sifting device 21, saidsifting device being cylindrical in construction and having a lateralbearing 22, in which is mounted the shaft 23 of a rotary agitator 24,said agitator being provided with radially-disposed loops which conformwith the cross-sectional construction of the sieve 25 at the bottom ofthe sitter. A crank 26 is formed at the outer end of the shaft. It willbe seen that this sifting device may be used in connection with eitherof the bins and the attachment and detachment thereof can be eected withfacility.

The lower ends of the bins are arranged contiguous to the plane of thetop of the cabi@ net, whereby when the sifter is attached thereto thelower end of the sifter is approximately in the plane of the uppersurface of the top. This excludes dust from the interior of the sifterwhen the device is not in use and prevents scattering of the flour ormeal when the sliding section of the top is moved forward, as indicatedin Fig. 2, to expose a tray arranged in the sink, the lower end of thesifter being thus disposed approximately in the sink, and hence out ofthe way of drafts of air.

When the movable section of the top is eX- tended for use as a table orbiscuit-board, the outer edge thereof is supported by meansl of swingingbrackets 27, which are hinged to the front of the cabinet and areadapted to be folded into a common plane flush with the upper portionsof the corner-moldings 28. The under sides of these swinging bracketsare cut to form an ornamental molding connecting said corner-moldings.The space below the horizontal partition forms a suitable receptacle forvarious articles ordinarily used in connection with devices of thisclass, and the same may be divided by means of a vertical partition 29to form independent compartments, with which communicateventilating-openings 30 in the back of the cabinet and provided withsuitable screen-guards 31. Covered receptacles 32, adapted for lard,sugar, and similar materials, are preferably secured to the sides'of thecabinet, whereby they are accessible without opening the latter.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri- Iieingany of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is A kitchen cabinet havinga body portion provided below the plane of its top with a depressedreceptacle forming a sink, said top having a removable section fitted toslide torwardly and rearwardly and constituting a cover for the sink,swinging brackets on the front of the cabinet for supporting the slidingsection when extended to form a table or biscuit board, bins supportedby a bracket rising from the top of the cabinet in rear of the sink,said bins having their lower outlet ends arranged adjacent to the planeof the top of the cabinet, whereby a receptacle to receive flour or mealmust be arranged in the sink and the movable section of the top extendedto expose the same, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FISHERO.

Witnesses:

J. P. BEAVER, J. B. MOCONNELL.

